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Among the items seized were a Hasmonean coin dating from the time of Matityahu Antigonus in the first century BCE with an embossment of the Temple Menorah.
Antiquities theft and smuggling is a known phenomenon that has plagued ancient sites across Israel, especially Judea and Samaria, for years.
The exhibition includes the largest gold medallion with Judaic symbols known in existence.
By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency
All of the coins are stamped on one side with a chalice and the Hebrew inscription “To the Redemption of Zion”...
The Israel Museum has bought more than 1,200 silver coins that were used in Persia in the 4th and 5th centuries and which includes several rare coins. Referring to a rare silver artifact called the “first Jewish coin” because of the inscription of the word “Judea” in Aramaic, the museum’s chief curator of archaeology, Chaim […]
July 3, 2026 
